* general election 2010
A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
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By Sam Dale The Conservatives have won in Ealing Central and Acton, sending them another seat closer to the 300-mark. Angie Bray was elected with 17,944 votes after a five per cent swing from Labour and clear daylight over her Liberal Democrat opponent. Labour’s Bassam Mahfouz received 14,228 votes and was down 3.2%, while the… Read more »
By Sabine Klensch Labour candidate Glenda Jackson has won the three-way marginal seat of Hampstead and Kilburn with an extremely narrow majority of 42 votes over Conservative Chris Philip. Surprisingly enough the Lib Dems, who had high hopes for this newly created seat as their number six target, ended on third position with 31.2% of… Read more »
